tyre

Meaning

Noun

1. The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
2. The metal rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.

Verb

To fit tyres to (a vehicle).

Verb

To adorn.

Synonyms

tire

tire

wheel

🛞

curdled milk

rubber

casing

clabber

collar

cover

curds

felloe

felly

fetus

foetus

annulus

loop

➿

pneumatics

pneumatic tire

raft

rim

ring

💍

roller

skin

skirt

strake

wheel band

hoop

balloon tyre

band

bandage

car tire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. George Sturt in The Wheelwright's Shop (1923) makes a case for the latter derivation in that the metal tyre ('tyer') pulled the wooden wagon wheel tightly together when it shrank after being fitted red-hot. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most current and former Commonwealth nations after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States and Canada did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there.